Critical Discourse Analysis: The Critical Study of Language

Fairclough is crucial reading for anybody using Critical Discourse Analysis. There are, of course, many approaches to CDA and so many ways to focus the analysis, Fairclough provides a solid perspective that, in my opinion, should be in the backdrop of any CDA research.

Fairclough provides a very thorough framework for using CDA that I found helpful with my own research. However after the first few chapters, the book gets rather redundant.For a nice rounded overview of CDA, I would strongly suggest Blommaert's "Discourse: Key topics in sociolinguistics." If I had a choice, I would have purchased Blommaert's book, and pulled articles from Fairclough's work. Fairclough's paper, "Critical discourse analysis and the marketization of public discourse" (available free through Google Scholar) will give you a taste of Fairclough's particular approach to CDA, and you can decide from there whether or not you would like to purchase the book.

It is not always an easy read. However, the content of it is awesome. I have always had a fascination of how language shapes or reinforces ideas and power structures. This book outlines how to do just that.

I needed to teach myself about critical discourse analysis - and this book was a great resource.

Read in preparation for my thesis. A great book for anyone needing to better understand theory and methodology in CDA.

Fairclough is certainly an expert in the field; however, this text is hard to wade through given the sheer wordiness throughout and the high frequency of off-the-cuff British culture connections that might not be familiar to non-Brits (like myself).

A classic that is a must have for students of CDA.

Very good book

Ho acquistato il volume 'usato ottime condizioni' a metà prezzo. Spedizione rapida e il libro è come nuovo. Molto soddisfatta.

not bad

This book has thousands of references used by many researchers who concentrate on critical discourse analysis (CDA). So, I encourage to read it if you interesting in this field.

It is better than I expected. Great. Thank you...

great